New Delhi: Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has hit another level this year with his spectacular form. His penalty in Real Madrid’s 1-1 draw at Girona not only recued a point but also pushed him into one of football’s most exclusive scoring clubs. He has accomplished sixty goals in a single calendar year which is an outrageous number yet he has made it feel almost normal. In doing so, he joins Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski as the only players in the modern era to reach that mark.

What makes it even more historic is the French connection as Fontaine is the only manager who scored 60 goals for club and country in one year back 1958. Fontaine’s feats have lived in folklore for decades and now Mbappe has stepped into that rare air too.

Madrid didn’t make it easy for him to enjoy the moment as Girona were........

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